Santa Cruz County Breakers

Santa Cruz County Breakers

Full name	Santa Cruz County Breakers
Nickname(s)	Breakers
Founded	2007
Stadium	Carl Connelly Stadium
Capacity	????
Chairman	Larry Johnson
Manager	Michael Runeare
League	National Premier Soccer League
2008	2nd, Northwest Division
Home colors Away colors

Santa Cruz County Breakers was an American soccer team based in Santa Cruz, California, United States. Founded in 2007, the team played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2008, when the franchise folded and the team left the league.

The team played its home games at Carl Connelly Stadium on the campus of Cabrillo College in nearby Aptos, California. The team's colors were blue and white.

Players

2008 Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF David Alcaraz FW Wes Bare FW Israel Benitez DF Jonathan Buckley FW Ivan Campos MF Gabriel Cassaro MF Mario Castillo DF Israel Cisneros MF Alan Diaz MF Cesar Garcia MF Adolfo Gonzalez MF Jose Gonzales DF Thomas Hernandez (Captain)

No. Position Player MF Nate Hill MF Mark Hogenhout MF Marcos Konig DF Juan Marquez FW Armando Martinez MF Jose Martinez DF Matt McCloskey MF Kurt Munoz MF Jose Ornelas GK Michael Polhamus MF Omar Puga GK Marco Reguilon DF Rolando Rodriguez

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2007	4	NPSL	3rd, Northwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	4	NPSL	2nd, Northwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Head coaches

• Michael Runeare (2007–2008)

Stadium

• Carl Connolly Stadium, Aptos, California (2007–2008)

Breakers Youth System

The club also feature a very strong youth program which serves as a feeder the NPSL team as well as many college programs. The "Breakers Blue 88" is the flagship youth team of the club. Led by captain and midfielder Jose Gonzalez, who also plays for the US U-18 national team, they have won 5 of 6 Norcal state cup titles in the last 6 years. They also feature many top players from top high school programs such as Watsonville and Bellarmine. The team advanced to the semis at the national west region tournament and well as the far west regional tournament and played against top European professional youth academies at the Belizona tournament in Switzerland. Gonzalez was also named CCS sophomore of the year, and to the ALL Merc-CCS team as well as the All-America high school soccer team.

Besides Gonzalez, other notable standouts include Miguel Silva, who led Watsonville High School's soccer team to a #1 national ranking and two CCS championships, and was named an NSCAA All-American. He was a member of the US U-15 boys team. Another notable standout from the SCC breakers is David "Samurai" Estrada. A forward for MLS's Seattle Sounders FC He was the leading scorer for UCLA his freshman year as a walk-on, and a member of the U-18 national pool. He was named CCS player of the year after leading Alisal High School to a #2 national ranking, and scoring a national record of 66 goals including 11 in one game. His accomplishments in college soccer include being named to the Pac-10 second team, the NCAA tournament first team, Freshmen of the Year award, and leading UCLA to the NCAA finals, where he scored two goals against Virginia the in semifinals.

External links

• Santa Cruz County Breakers